Did you ever go north of Misawa to a place the locals call "hell"? My son took me, and it reminded me a lot of the sulfur springs and steam of Yellowstone. There were cemeteries there and people would take their dead relatives clothes, especially babies clothes, and hang them in the trees so the evil couldn't reach their loved ones. It was very eerie and although it was beautiful like Yellowstone, the clothes hanging in the trees just made it plain spooky. Blessings, Betsy